Bad City Blues
by Tim Willocks
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
$188.42$169.57
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About This Item
London: Macdonald, 1991. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 10" by 6". None. The first English edition of this thrilling first novel from Tim Willocks. "Not only a tightly wound thriller, it is a novel which delves deep into its characters' psyches, laying them open to the hot, humid light of the delta." Tim Willocks is an author and screenplay writer, writing the Steven Spielberg documentary 'The Unfinished Journey', and well as 'Swept from the Sea'. He is currently writing his 'Mattias Tannhauser' trilogy, with the books 'The Religion' and 'Twelve Children of Paris'. With the original illustrated dustwrapper. In original black cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Light shelfwear to the boards. Dustwrapper is also smart, with a label to the rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MOD9-G-11
- Title
- Bad City Blues
- Author
- Tim Willocks
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macdonald
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 10" by 6"
- Keywords
- tim willocks thriller bad city blues thriller
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Shelfwear
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- Fine
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- Dustwrapper
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